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₁UHiramu inkosi yaseTire wathuma izithunywa kuDavide, nemisedari,* nabakhi, nababazi ukuba bamakhele indlu. ₂UDavide waqonda ukuthi uJehova wayemmisile impela ukuba abe yinkosi kwa-Israyeli, ngokuba umbuso wakhe waphakanyiselwa phezulu ngenxa yabantu bakhe u-Israyeli.

₃UDavide wathatha abanye abafazi eJerusalema, uDavide wazala amanye amadodana namadodakazi. ₄Nanka amagama abantwana ayenabo eJerusalema: oShamuvwa, noShobabi, noNathani, noSolomoni, ₅noJibari, no-Elishuwa, no-Elipheleti, ₆noNoga, noNefegi, noJafiya, ₇no-Elishama, noBeyeliyada, no-Elifeleti.

₈AmaFilisti esezwile ukuthi uDavide ugcotshiwe ukuba abe yinkosi kwa-Israyeli wonke, onke amaFilisti enyuka ukumfuna uDavide; uDavide wakuzwa, waphuma ukuwahlasela. ₉AmaFilisti esefikile ukungenela isiGodi samaRefa, ₁₀uDavide wabuza kuNkulunkulu, wathi: “Ngenyukele ukuhlasela amaFilisti na? Uyakuwanikela esandleni sami na?”

UJehova wathi kuye: “Yenyuka, ngokuba ngiyakuwanikela esandleni sakho.”

₁₁Base benyukela eBali Pherasimi, uDavide wawachitha; uDavide wathi: “UNkulunkulu ufohlele izitha zami ngesandla sami njengokufohla kwamanzi.” Ngalokho baqamba igama laleyo ndawo ngokuthi iBali Pherasimi.* ₁₂Ashiya khona onkulunkulu bawo; uDavide wathi mabashiswe ngomlilo.

₁₃AmaFilisti abuye angenela isigodi. ₁₄UDavide waphinda wabuza kuNkulunkulu; uNkulunkulu wathi kuye: “Ungenyuki emva kwawo; wagwegwesele, uwafikele malungana namajikijolo. ₁₅Kuyakuthi lapho usuzwa umsindo wokuhamba ezihlokweni zamajikijolo, uphume impi, ngokuba uNkulunkulu uphumile ngaphambi kwakho ukuchitha impi yamaFilisti.” ₁₆UDavide wenza njengokumyala kukaNkulunkulu, bachitha impi yamaFilisti kusukela eGibeyoni kuze kube seGezeri.

₁₇Igama likaDavide laphumela emazweni onke; uJehova wehlisela izizwe zonke ingebhe ngaye.